Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sprawling campuses, hushed libraries, sinister secrets, Gothic towers…dark academia books are wildly popular in the literary world ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Dark academia is popular in every season, but the genre shines in autumn—when the weather gets colder and ...

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For the uninitiated, some of the hottest subgenres that have risen to popularity in recent years might sound like Madlibs. Thanks to heavy hitters like Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros and A Court of ...

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Super specific subgenres aren't just for bookstore shelves anymore. Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared in ...